Skipton made a solid start to life after promotion to Division Two, Richard Nichols (79) and Steve Carling (68) seeing them to 251-7.

But a third-wicket century stand between Steve Shuttleworth (55) and Luke Stockhill (43) and a late flourish from Joe Lawrence (31no) saw Bolton Villas win by four wickets.

A five-wicket haul from Andrew Stothart restricted Follifoot to 209-8, and Thackley looked on the way to victory while Bradley Goodaire (56) and Luke Holroyd (35) were together but the tail collapsed from 121-4 to 163 all out.

It looks like the two Horsforth sides could be mounting a strong challenge in Division Three this season after their new signings made an early mark.

South African Bev Williams hit a century on debut as Hall Park crushed newly-relegated Bardsey by 102 runs.

On the other side of town, Ryan Sharrocks made 84 on debut and, with Larry Edwards picking up 7-52, Horsforth beat Woodhouse.

Silsden finished rock bottom last season but started the new campaign with a win over Olicanian after Iqbal Khan (4-25) and Majid Inayat (3-41) bowled out the visitors for 184 in which Chris Wheeler made 89. Simon Cox (73) led the successful run chase.

Ben Brearley hit an unbeaten 75 in Addingham's 178-6 but Menston's Gareth Lee (65no) steered them to a two-wicket win.

Calverley's hopes to make an instant impact in their bid to bounce straight back from relegation took a knock when they went down by six wickets at New Rover, despite a half-century from Scott Driscoll.